Or light or dark, or short or tall, She sets a springe to snare them all: All's one to her--above her fan She'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.

Coquetry Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich , Source: Quatrains--Coquette

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When to soft Sleep we give ourselves away, And in a dream as in a fairy bark Drift on and on through the enchanted dark To purple daybreak--little thought we pay To that sweet bitter world we know by day.

Dreams Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich , Source: Sonnet--Sleep

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I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms, Not yet the flaky roses, Red or white as snow; I like the chaliced lilies, The heavy Eastern lilies, The gorgeous tiger-lilies, That in our garden grow.

Lilies Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich , Source: Tiger Lilies (st. 1)

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.

Hope Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.

Candor Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.

Originality Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.

Miscellaneous Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.

Miscellaneous Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

Miscellaneous Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.

Miscellaneous Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

Miscellaneous Quotes, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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